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==Causes==
==Causes==
Leiter and Maslach found the following antecedents using factor analysis:<ref name="Leite20093">Leiter, Michael P., and Christina Maslach. "Areas of worklife: A structured approach to organizational predictors of job burnout." Emotional and physiological processes and positive intervention strategies. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2003. 91-134. {{doi|http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3555(03)03003-8}}</ref>
Leiter and Maslach found the following antecedents using factor analysis:<ref name="Leite20093">Leiter, Michael P., and Christina Maslach. "Areas of worklife: A structured approach to organizational predictors of job burnout." Emotional and physiological processes and positive intervention strategies. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2003. 91-134. {{doi|10.1016/S1479-3555(03)03003-8}}</ref>
* Workload
* Workload
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Of these causes, workload is the strongest correlate of emotional exhaustion<ref name="Leite20093"/>. Perceived control or autonomy and fairness correlate with cynicism.<ref name="Leite20093"/><ref name="Fernet Austin Trépanier Dussault 2013 pp. 123–137">{{cite journal | last=Fernet | first=Claude | last2=Austin | first2=Stéphanie | last3=Trépanier | first3=Sarah-Geneviève | last4=Dussault | first4=Marc | title=How do job characteristics contribute to burnout? Exploring the distinct mediating roles of perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness | journal=European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=22 | issue=2 | year=2013 | issn=1359-432X | doi=10.1080/1359432x.2011.632161 | pages=123–137}}</ref>
Of these causes, workload is the strongest correlate of emotional exhaustion<ref name="Leite20093"/>. Perceived control or autonomy and fairness correlate with cynicism.<ref name="Leite20093"/><ref name="Fernet Austin Trépanier Dussault 2013 pp. 123–137">{{cite journal | last=Fernet | first=Claude | last2=Austin | first2=Stéphanie | last3=Trépanier | first3=Sarah-Geneviève | last4=Dussault | first4=Marc | title=How do job characteristics contribute to burnout? Exploring the distinct mediating roles of perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness | journal=European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=22 | issue=2 | year=2013 | issn=1359-432X | doi=10.1080/1359432x.2011.632161 | pages=123–137}}</ref>
* 16% of burnout is attributed to perceived control at the worksite.<ref>Taris, Toon W., et al. "Job control and burnout across occupations." Psychological Reports 97.3 (2005): 955-961. {{doi|10.2466/pr0.97.3.955-961}}</ref>


These find9ings are reflected in the Demand-Control theory of job stress.
These findings are reflected in the Demand-Control theory of job stress.
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<ref name="Karasek 1990 p. ">{{cite book | last=Karasek | first=Robert | title=Healthy work : stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life | publisher=Basic Books | publication-place=New York | year=1990 | isbn=0-465-02897-7 | page=}}</ref>
==Prevention==
==Prevention==



Revision as of 01:13, 11 September 2017

Template:Otheruses4 Template:DiseaseDisorder infobox Burnout is a psychological term for "an excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It is manifested by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion coupled with a sense of frustration and failure".[1] Burnout has three dimensions[2]:

  • Emotional exhaustion
  • Depersonalization (cynicism)
  • Diminished personal accomplishment (inefficacy)

Subsequent research suggests the third dimension, personal accomplishment, better fits with the concept of professional engagement rather than with burnout.[3]

The prevalence of burnout in the general, employed population of the United States, aged is[4][5][6]:

  • General, employed U.S. population
    • (2010): aged 31-47 30%[4], aged 29-65 29%[5]
    • (2014): aged 31-65 28%[6]
  • College graduates 2010: aged 31-47 36%[4]

Burnout is now being studied in its reported antitheses, job satisfaction, job engagement and thriving. Thriving may protect against burnout.[7][8] However, unhealthy engagement may lead to burnout.[9]

Health care workers

As many as 50% of physicians in practice may have burnout.[6] General practitioners seem to have low job control and the highest proportion of burnout cases[10].

For physicians in training, rates of burnout (emotional exhaustion) for students, residents and fellows is about 50% while the rate is 36% in similarly aged college graduates.[4] Burnout in physicians in training is associated with perceived harassment[11]. In one survey of 24 American medical schools, harassment occurring at least one time was reported by 83% of students[11]. In this study, harassment was more commonly reported being perpetrated by residents[11]. The rates of burnout among students responding to the survey were[11]:

  • All students 34%
  • Those reporting recurrent harassment by faculty 57%
  • Those not reporting recurrent harassment by faculty 32%

According to the yearly survey of recent medical school graduates by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the following are reported [12]:

  • Occasional public embarrassment 20%
  • Occasional public humiliation 8%

Measurement

Maslach Burnout Inventory

The Maslach Burnout Inventory is the earliest and most well-studied measurement of burnout. Maslach and her colleague Jackson first identified the construct "burnout" in the 1970s, and developed a measure that weighs the effects of on three scales[2]:

  • Emotional exhaustion (nine items)
  • Depersonalization (five items)
  • Personal accomplishment (eight items)

2 item burnout Inventory

In this survey, abnormal is defined as symptoms weekly or more on either item.[13][14] The first item correlates with emotional exhaustion.

1. I feel burned out from my work[14] or How often do you feel burned out from your work?[13]

  • Never
  • A few times a year or less
  • Once a month
  • A few times a month
  • Once a week
  • A few times a week
  • Every day

2. I have become more callous toward people since I took this job[14] or How often do you feel you’ve become more callous toward people since you started your residency?[13]

  • Never
  • A few times a year or less
  • Once a month
  • A few times a month
  • Once a week
  • A few times a week
  • Every day

The two item format has been used in national surveys in 2011[5] and its follow-up survey in 2014[6].

Mini Z

The Mini Z[15] was adapted from earlier work by Rohland[16] and Schmoldt[17] and the Physician Worklife Survey[18]. The Mini Z is a single item (burnout is defined as answers c, d, or e) that correlates with the emotional exhaustion scale of the Maslach[16]:

1. Using your own definition of “burnout,” please circle one of the answers below:

a. I enjoy my work. I have no symptoms of burnout.

b. I am under stress, and don’t always have as much energy as I did, but I don’t feel burned out.

c. I am definitely burning out and have one or more symptoms of burnout, e.g., emotional exhaustion.

d. The symptoms of burnout that I am experiencing won’t go away. I think about work frustrations a lot.

e. I feel completely burned out. I am at the point where I may need to seek help.

The Mini Z is promoted by the American Medical Association's Steps Forward campaign.[19]

The Mini Z may report lower prevalence of burnout than when measured by the full Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).[20]

Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory is another scale and was developed in 2005.[21]

Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI)

The PWBI contains 7 items, one of which queries burnout in a yes/no response format. Its development[22] and application[23] have been reported.

Causes

Leiter and Maslach found the following antecedents using factor analysis:[24]

  • Workload
  • Fairness
  • Control
  • Community
  • Values
  • Rewards

Of these causes, workload is the strongest correlate of emotional exhaustion[24]. Perceived control or autonomy and fairness correlate with cynicism.[24][25]

  • 16% of burnout is attributed to perceived control at the worksite.[26]

These findings are reflected in the Demand-Control theory of job stress. [27]

Prevention

Thriving[7][8] and engagement[3] are negatively correlated with, and thus may be protective, against burnout. However, unhealthy engagement may lead to burnout.[9]

Perceived control or autonomy and fairness correlate with cynicism.[24][25]

See also

References

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